triploidization

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

triploid +‎ -ization

Noun[edit]

triploidization (uncountable)

  1. (genetics) The conversion of a diploid or tetraploid organism into a triploid one
    • 2015 July 17, “Mate Choice Drives Evolutionary Stability in a Hybrid Complex”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
      In these other populations, the preference of triploid females towards type I males is probably high enough to promote triploidization and counter the effect of the assortative mating occurring among the tetraploid genomotype (Fig 5 ).
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